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>> the political victory left democrats emboldened, but republicans made clear that the legal battle was far from over. impeachment was not going away. >> i see us proceeding with our hearings, getting a bill of impeachment on the table, and then if we have the majority votes, getting it to the floor, asking the speaker to call back the members for a vote. >> if we didnt do everything we had to prepare a case and bring it to the public and ultimately to the house and senate, we would be judged p...

Democrats emboldened, but republicans made clear that the legal battle was far from over. impeachment was not going away. >> i see us proceeding with our hearings, getting a bill of impeachment on the table, and then if we have the majority votes, getting it to the floor, asking the speaker to call back the members for a vote. >> if we didnt do everything we had to prepare a case and bring it to the public and ultimately to the house and senate, we would be judged poorly by history. >> he engage...

Republicans made clear that the legal battle was far from over. impeachment was not going away. >> i see us proceeding with our hearings, getting a bill of impeachment on the table, and then if we have the majority votes, getting it to the floor, asking the speaker to call back the members for a vote. >> if we didnt do everything we had to prepare a case and bring it to the public and ultimately to the house and senate, we would be judged poorly by history. >> he engaged in this behavior as pres...

The reason were using reconciliation for tax reform is they shouldnt filibuster. >> sean: a simple majority in the senate? >> any house member says yes. i would like to see them do majority votes. weve talked about it a lot. they dont have the votes there. thats the flat, simple answer. >> sean: what do you do to get the votes? isnt he in charge of the rules? >> i dont think there is enough republicans to vote for that. they worry when liberals take over government liberals will ram through libe...

They shouldnt filibuster. >> sean: a simple majority in the senate? >> any house member says yes. i would like to see them do majority votes. weve talked about it a lot. they dont have the votes there. thats the flat, simple answer. >> sean: what do you do to get the votes?s isnt he in charge of the rules? >> i dont think there is enough republicans to vote for that.. they worry when liberals take over government liberals will ram through liberal things. >> sean: you know what congresss approval...

The senate? >> any house member says yes. i would like to see them do majority votes. weve talked about it a lot. they dont have the votes there. thats the flat, simple answer. >> sean: what do you do to get the votes? isnt he in charge of the rules? >> i dont think there is enough republicans to vote for that. they worry when liberals take over government liberals will ram through liberal things. >> sean: you know what congresss approval rating? yours is double what congress is. its 15%. i thin...

Pointing fingers at one another. republican members criticized their democratic counterparts over their planned filibuster over neil gorsuch, including senator ted cruz. take a listen. >> what we saw today was the position of the modern democratic party as they are opposed to donald trump appointing anyone to the supreme court. if they will filibuster neil gorsuch, they will filibuster any nominee from a republican president. that obviously is not a tenable standard for advice and consent, and t...

Direction its headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? >> i think that it could. i think that the commission has -- if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come up with majority votes and write meaningful regulations. i think that disclosure as you pointed out ...

$51,000. >> but, commissioner, youre making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? thats my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction its headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? >> i think that it could. i think that the commission has -- if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working...

Making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? thats my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction its headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? >> i think that it could. i think that the commission has -- if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try a...